I.L.I. 103

1921                                  I. L. I. 103                                  1962 (1973)

Steel twin screw New York State Barge Canal size bulk freighter

Built at Duluth MN by McDougall-Duluth Co., Hull 52
Launched
Built for service between the Great Lakes and east coast ports through the New York State Barge Canal. Designed by Alexander McDougall.

254’ LOA, 243’ LBP, 36’ beam, 14’ depth
1 deck, hatches @ 24’, oil-fired diesel engines, 350 BHP

Enrolled at New York NY
242.6 x 36.1 x 12.9, 1040 GT, 797 NT     US 221344     to:
Interwaterways Line Inc., New York NY (home port Duluth MN)

Entered service 1921

Home port to New York NY 1924

Transferred 1926 to Erie & St. Lawrence Corporation, New York NY

Renamed Robert Barnes Fiertz 1936

Received new midbody 1947
Remeasured to 242.2 x 36.0 x 12.9, 1038 GT, 805 NT

Sold 1962 for off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes

Renamed Pocahontas 1964 and Andros Mariner 1966

Scrapped 1973

 

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